Bundle-tying machine.



J. S. JONES & J. H'. DAUGHERTY. BUNDLE 'IYING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED Amma, 1914.

1,1 1 9,285, Patented Dec.1,1914.

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i JESSE S. JONES AND JAMES `H. DAUGHERTY, 0F MATSON, MISSOURI.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.`

Application filed April 18, 1914. Serial No. 832,923.

To all colto/m, it may concern Be it known that we, Jnssn SfJoNns and JAMES H. DAUGIIERTY, citizens of the United States, residing at Matson, in the county of St. Charles and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bundle-Tying Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in machines for tying bundles, and an object thereofI is the provision of a device of this character in which means are provided for automatically twisting the ends of the tying wire tightly around the bundle and severing the twisted ends ofthe wire closely adjacent to the bundle in one operation.

Another object of this invention is the provision of a device for tying bundles which consists of a portable standard to which an outwardly and upwardly extending arm is connected, the arm being adapted to receive and support a bundle of grain, the standard carrying means to receive the ends of the wire disposed around the grain, the standard also carrying a vertically movable bar which, upon movement in the proper direction, is adapted to twist the ends of the wire around the bundle, and to sever the twisted ends closely adjacent the bundle.

With these and other objects in view, our

`.invention consists in the novel construction,

combination, and arrangement of parts to be heinafter more fully described, claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a Yfront elevation of my device; Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, partly in section; and Fig; 3 is a detail transverse section, showing the manner of mounting the vertically movable bar and the roller in the standard.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a standard, and 2 a. supporting arm which extends up wardly from the lower end of the standard in parallel relation therewith for a portion of its length, the upper end of the arm 2 being curved outwardly and upwardly as at 3 to form a seat for a bundle of grain. The standard. 1 has a longitudinal groove 4 formed in its forward face, the groove extending from the top of the standard to a point adjacent the lower end thereof, and mounted for vertical movement in the groove is a bar `5 which is formed with a` formed with a series of transversely extending teeth 7, the teeth extending from a point intermediate of the ends of the bar to its lower end. Connected to one side of the standard l intermediate of its ends is an angular bracket plate 8, one arm of the bracket plate extending forwardly of the bar and having an aperture 9 therein, the other arm of the bracket plate 8 extending laterally from the standard as at l0, and havingfa spool holder 11 connected to its outer extremity. Connected to the opposite side of the standard 1 is a bowed supporting bar 12 which is provided intermediate of its ends with a forwardly extending `arm 13 inwardly of which is connected a bracket 141, the bracket 111 having an opening 15 therein which is in transverse alinement with the opening 9 in the bracket plate 8. Rotatably mounted in the transversely alined openings 9 and 15 of the brackets 8 and 14, respee tively, are the reduced ends 1G of a toothed roller 17, the teeth of thc roller 17 meshing with the teeth 7 on the vertically movable bar 5.

The roller 17 is formed with a pair of longitudinally extending bores 18 and 19 which are disposed to one side of the axial center of the roller, and `which extend entirely through the same. Rotatably mounted in the spool holder 11 is a spool 2O upon which a roll of wire 21 is carried, the free end of the wire being passed through the bore 19 in the roller and is connected adjacent its extremity between the diverging gripping arms 22 on the upper extremity of the sup- 1 porting arm 2, the upper extremity of the arm being disposed in horizontal alinement with the roller 17. Pivotally connected adjacent one end to the bowed supporting bar 12 is a knife blade 23, the forward end of the blade 23 beingnormally disposed above the adjacent end of the roller 17 and being maintained in this position by a coil spring 211 which is connected at one end to the knife blade 23 forwardly of its pivotal point, and at its other end to the bar 12 above its pivotal point as clearly shown in the d 'awing Connected at its upper` end to the bar 5 above the toothed portion thereof, is a knife operating arm 25, the lower end of which is offset outwardly andlaterally as at 26 so that the free end of the arm 25 is disposed above the forward end of the knife blade 23 in a position to strike the same uponjdown-I ward movement of the bar 5.

In the practical use of my device, the bar 5 is moved to its uppermost position, and the free end of the wire 21 mounted upon the roller Q0 is passed through the bore 19 in the roller 17, and is connected adjacent its extremity between the gripping arms 22 on the upper extremity of the supporting arm 2. The bundle of grain or similar material which is to be tied is then placed upon the wire 21 which is disposed above the arm 2 so that upon downward movement of the bundle, the wire is unwound from the roller around the lower portion of the bundle. TWhen the bundle is in this position upon the outwardly extending portion of the arm 2,` the wire is removed from the gripping arms 22 and the extremity of the wire is passed through the bore 18 in the roller; and upon downward movement of the bar 5, the ends of the wire are twisted tightly against the bundle of grain by reason of the rotation of the roller 17, and upon further. downward movement of the bar 5, the arm 25 strikes thek knife blade 23 and forces the same downwardlyl to sever the twisted wires closely adjacent the bundle. After the twisted wire has been severed, `the tied bundle may be removed from the supporting arm 2,-and the bar 5 again raised to its uppermost position, whereupon the operation may be repeated. v

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that we have provided a portable bundle tying machine which is eX- tremely simple in construction, whereby thc same may be cheaply manufactured, and one which will fulfilA all `of the requirements of such a device.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we desire to secure and claim by Letters Patent, is

1. A- device of the class described comprising a standard, a supporting arm car-` ried by the standard, a vertically movable4 bar carried by the standard, said bar being a standard, al toothed roller carried by the standard, a vvertically movable bar carried by the standard and having teeth meshing -with the teeth of said roller, means connected to the standard for carryinga spool of wire, said roller having a pair of bores eX- tending therethrough, the boresbeing adapted to receive the wire whereby the wire may be extended through one of the bores for engagement around a bundle and the extremity of the wire passed through the other of said bores, so that upon movement of the bar the wire may be twisted around the bundle.

3. A bundle ,tying machine comprising a standard, a supporting arm connected t0 the lower end of the standard, a toothed roller carried by the standard, a vertically movable bar carried by the standard and having teeth meshing with the teeth of said roller, saidroller having a pair of bores extending therethrough, means connected to the stand ard for supporting a spool of wire, said bores being adapted to receive the wire therethrough, whereby the wire may be passed through one of the bores and engaged around a bundle carried upon the supportu ing arm, and the extremity of the wire may be passed through the other of said bores, so that upon movement of the bar the wire will be twisted around the bundle, and means for severing the twisted wire adjacent the bundle.

4t. A bundle tying machine comprising a standard, a supporting arm connected to the standard at its lower end, a roller carried by the standard intermediate of its ends and having a pair of parallel bores extending therethrough, means connected to the standard for supporting a spool of wire, said bores being adapted to receive thewire therethrough, whereby the wire may vbe passed through one of the bores and disposed around a bundle carried upony the supporting arm, and the wire may then be passed through the other of said bores, and means for rotating said roller whereby to twist the wire around the bundle. y

5. A bundle tying machine comprising a standard, a roller carried by said standard and having a pair of parallel bores eXtending therethrough, means connected to the standard for supporting a spool of wire, said bores being adapted to receive the wire therethrough, whereby the wire may be passed through one of the bores and dis posed around a bundle and thence passed through the other of said bores, means for rotating said roller whereby to twist the wire around said bundle, and means carried by the last mentioned means for severing Jnssn scones.

JAMns H. nauennnrr,

Witnesses FEARENZ DREWEL, LEE OMoHUNDRo.

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